Combined fastening device for fence-post.



I. L. SALES. oomnmnn FASTENING DEVICE AND FENCE POST.

APPLICATION FILED. APR. 6, 1908.

91 7, 1 54 Patented Apr. 6, 1909;

IRA L. SALES, OF EXLINE, IOWA.

Application filed April 6,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, SALES, a citizen t the United States, res ii at l inc, in he county of Appanoose and State of lowa, have invented certain new and useful ln provenients in a Combined, isteni L-evice and l encclost, oi" .vhich the teller-ring is a specification, reference being h d therein to the accompanying .wing.

lliis invention relates to a conilizined lenco post and fastening device, and has for its object the provision of means for facilitating tie attaching of a strand or strands of wire to a iencepost, whereby the strand can be quickly detached, w on desired, for permitting a person or a wagon or an animal to pass from one held to 111k lier field; the attaching or the strand is quicirly accomplished by th operator placing e strands in engagement with the post and no cooperating fastening device, and, subsequently, s" inging the lockinr -nieinlzer to a locked position.

iinothcr object of the invention is the provision or: means for facilitating attaching or detaching of a strand of wire to a fence post.

A further object of the invention is the improvement of the construction of a fence post, which is provided with means tating the supporting and fastening oi a strand of smooth or barbed or other kind of wire or strands thereto.

'With these and other objects in view, tli

invention consists of certain novel constructrons, combinations, and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device constructed. in accordance with the present invention. 2 is a traginentary, vertical, sectional view of the structure depicted in fig. 1. l g. 3 is a fragmentary view, in elevation, oi, the struc ture depicted in 1. i is a perspec tive view of the clamp. fig. 5 is a perspeotive view of the locking-member or can Referring to the drawings by numerals, 1. designates the body of a post, which may be formed of metal or plastic material. lhe post 1 is provided with. pairs of oppositely extending logs or lips 2, which are provided with apertures 3, through which extends the clamps 4 (Fig. 4:). Each clainp comprises a substantially Ushaped body 5, having outwardly curved or hooked ends 6. It will be noted that all of the clamps 1 are similarly Specification of Letters Patent.

for facilii Patented April 6, 1909.

Serial No. 425,562.

constructed, and, therefore, it is only neces sary to specifically describe one of the clamps, and its i'unction. A st and 7 is laid upon the body of the clainp behind or between the hooks 5 and the post 1, prior to the clamp being drawn inward upon the apertured lugs or extensions 2, by means of the looking or Cttnl-DlGDllZGi 8.

1 The post 1 is provided, in its outer face,

\with alined, longitu(finally-extending socke'ts or output portions 8, in each of which pockets is termed a projection or lip 9,

The looking or can'i-ineniber 8 comprises an elongated body 10, having its outer end an iiiwardly-extending spur or lip 11, and provided at its opposite end with an inwardly oowed or curved handle 12, the body 10 is provided at its inner end near its outer edge, with an aperture 13, through which the body of the ti -shaped clan'ip extends.

Prior to the attaching of the strand to the clamp 5, the canr-rrrernber is pivoted or turned over from the position shown in Fig. I 2, to loosen the clamp upon the lugs, thereby permitting the hooked ends 6 to be projected l a considerable distance beyond the inner side of the post, so that the strand can be quickly laid upon the clamp. Then the handle 12 is operator and swung outward and downward, which will cause the hooked end of the clamp to be drawn inward and clamp the strand against the post, and, synchronously, the handle of the earn will be forced against the body of the post, and as the spur 11 is held against the upper face of the lug or extensions within the pocket or socket 8, the care can not creep or slide within a socket, and thereby forms an ellicient lock against accidental displacement, although an operator can quickly swing the cam or locking inen'iber, when it is desired to detach the Wire, as sometimes occurs when a person wishes to pass from one held to another or wishes to drive a wagon into a road, and, therefore, it is not necessary to destroy the fence, but the passage from one i held to another or from a iield into a road or i vice versa, can be quickly accomplished by gripped. by the my iinproved device.

t will be noted, upon referring to Fig. 2,

, that the locking-member or cain 8, when in l its locked position, places the clamp 4; below the extension. or projection 9 in the pocket or recess 8, and thereby causing the strain. to be delivered upon the locking H1611 her or cain.

l between the spur or inner portion 11 of said cam and the portion of the handle engaging the post.

What I claim is:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination with a solid post provided I with integral apertured lugs and with a cut- I out portion, said cut-out portion provided, l at its bottom, with a transverse extension, the extension of less height than the out-out portion, a cam provided With an elongated body, a portion of said body normally positioned in and between the sides of the outi out portion, one end of the cam engaging the extension in the cut-out p rtion, and standreceiving and holding means mounted upon the cam and extending through the apertures of and slidably mounted upon said lugs ol' the post.

2. In a device 01 the character described, the combination of a post provided With o positely-extending, integral, apertured lugs, a U-shaped clamp slidably mounted in the apertures of said lugs, said U-shaped clamp provided With upwardly-extending hooked ends, and means extending into a portion of said post and pivotally connected to said clamp, causing said clamp to clamp a strand of Wire upon the post, when in a locked position.

3. In a device of the character described, I

the combination of a solid post provided With a cut-out portion having an extension in the bottom thereof, a locking cam pivotally mounted upon said post and having an end in the cut-out portion of said extension for from slipping When in a locked position upon the post, and strand-receiving and holding means cooperating with said cam and carried by said post.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination oi a solid post provided in one of its vertical faces With a cut-out portion, said cut-out portion provided with paral lel sides and a bottom, an extension formed in the cut-out portion and extending transversely thereof, a cam provided with an elongated body, said cam having a portion of its body seated in said cut-out portion and one end of the body norn'ially engaging the extension, and Wire supporting and grippin means movably mounted upon the cam near the outer end 01 the body.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

IRA L. SALES.

preventing said cam I/Vitnesses:

C. C. VJnLLs, E. G. SALES.

and engaging one part 

